As the Beach Boys sang, “Christmas comes this time each year.” But we cannot take it for granted. It is terrifyingly possible that Christmas might never have happened.
“It was quarter past dawn... All the Whos, still a-bed,
All the Whos, still asnooze When he packed up his sled,
Packed it up with their presents! The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!” — Dr. Suess, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"